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Saturday, March 20, 2010

Wildcats on the Prowl: K-State, Kentucky Advance

NCAA Tourney Update: Second round results

East Region

1 Kentucky 909 Wake Forest 60This one was all Kentucky, as the Wildcats thoroughly dominated Wake Forest, earning the right to move on to the East regional semi-final. Darius Miller led the Wildcats with a career-high 20 points as coach John Calipari emptied the bench and 11 different players scored.

Kentucky will play the winner of Sunday's Wisconsin-Cornell game.

West Region

2 Kansas St. 847 BYU 72With conference rival Kansas out of the way, the Wildcats of Kansas State can carve themselves a path to the national championship, having dispatched BYU in their second round match-up. Jacob Pullen was outstanding for K-State, hitting 8 of 15 shots, including 7 of 12 from three-point distance for a game-high and career-best 34 points.

The #2 seed in the West, Kansas State can look forward to playing the winner of Sunday's Xavier-Pitt contest.